Bachelor's Degree in Psychiatric Nursing

The Certificate in Health Foundations fulfills the first-year requirements of the Bachelor of Psychiatric Nursing. The Certificate in Health Foundations may be completed in two semesters by full-time students or over a longer period of time by part-time students.

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Curricular Requirements

The Certificate in Health Foundations requires the completion of the following 32 credits.

•  ANTH 1100 Social & Cultural Anthropology (3 credits)

•  BIOL 1160 Anatomy and Physiology I (4 credits)

•  BIOL 1260 Anatomy and Physiology II (4 credits)

•  ENGL 1100 Introduction to University Writing (3 credits)

•  HEAL 1100 Mental Wellness and Communication (3 credits)

•  HEAL 1150Personal Care Skills: Lab I (3 credits)

•  HEAL 1180 Introduction to Health Research (3 credits)

•  HSCI 1115 Introduction to Health Science (3 credits)

•  PSYC 1100 Introduction to Psychology: Basic Processes (3 credits)

•  SOCI 1125 Introduction to Society: Processes and Structures (3 credits)

Awards: Deans Honour Roll, Scholarship 

Following completion of the Certificate in Health Foundations and enrollment into Year 2 of the Bachelor of Psychiatric Nursing (BPN) program, the maximum allowable time that students have to complete all program requirements for graduation is seven years.

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Semester 3 - Psychosocial Rehabilitation

•  HEAL 2150 Laboratory Practice II (3 credits)

•  PSYN 2110 Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing (2 credits)

•  PSYN 2125 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Pharmacology and Other Therapeutics (3 credits)

•  PSYN 2130 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Communication (3 credits)

•  PSYN 2145 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Practice I (3 credits)

•  PSYN 2160 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Psychosocial Rehabilitation (3 credits)

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Awards: Deans Honour Roll, Scholarship

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Semester 4 - Health and Healing I

•  ANTH 2163 Culture, Health and Well-being (3 credits)

•  HEAL 2110 First Nations Health (3 credits)

•  HEAL 2250 Laboratory Practice III (3 credits)

•  PSYN 2230 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Health and Healing I (3 credits)

•  PSYN 2245 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Practice II (4 credits)

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Awards: Deans Honour Roll

Semester 5 - Health and Healing II

•  HEAL 3101 Conceptual Paradigms in Health: A Feminist Perspective (3 credits)

•  PSYC 3920 Aging (3 credits)

•  PSYN 3130 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Health and Healing II (3 credits)

•  PSYN 3145 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Practice III (4 credits)

•  PSYN 3146Consolidated Practice: Medical/Surgical Nursing (3 credits)

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​Awards: Deans Honour Roll

Semester 6 - Global Health

•  HEAL 3180 Nursing Science 4: Health Research for Evidence Informed Practice (3 credits)

•  PSYN 3210 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Global Health (3 credits)

•  PSYN 3211 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Issues and Trends in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (3 credits)

•  PSYN 3225 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Leadership and Management (3 credits)

•  PSYN 3245Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Practice IV (4 credits)

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Awards: Deans Honour Roll

Semester 7 - Consolidation

•  PHIL 3010 Health Care Ethics (3 credits)

•  PSYN 4110 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Child and Adolescent (3 credits)

•  PSYN 4145 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Consolidation (7 credits)

•  SOCI 3345 Social Policy in Context (3 credits)

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Awards: Deans Honour Roll, Ann Gardner Memorial Award

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Semester 8 - Preceptorship

•  PSYN 4245 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Preceptorship (10 credits)

Awards: Deans Honour Roll, Graduated with Distinction

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